The FOCUS Diagnostic is designed to accompany FOCUS: Using Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success and Influence, the highly-anticipated new book published by Hudson Street Press/Penguin in April, 2013. The purpose of the FOCUS Diagnostic is to give you insight into your dominant focus, at work and in general, along with a sense of how well you work with both promotion and prevention motivation.

MEASURE #3: Focus in Action

This set of questions asks you HOW FREQUENTLY specific events actually occur or have occurred in your life. Please indicate your answer to each question by circling the appropriate number below it.

1. Compared to most people, are you typically unable to get what you want out of life?

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldomsometimesvery or
often
2. Growing up, would you ever "cross the line" by doing things that your parents would not tolerate?

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldomsometimesvery or
often
3. How often have you accomplished things that got you "psyched" to work even harder?

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldoma few timesmany
times
4. Did you get on your parents' nerves often when you were growing up?

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldoma few timesmany
times
5. How often did you obey rules and regulations that were established by your parents?

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldoma few timesalways
6. Growing up, did you ever act in ways that your parents thought were objectionable?

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldoma few timesalways
7. Do you often do well at different things that you try?

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldoma few timesalways
8. Not being careful enough has gotten me into trouble at times.

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldoma few timesalways
9. When it comes to achieving things that are important to me, I find that I don't perform as well as I ideally would like to do.

1 2 3 4 5

never
truesometimes
truevery often
true
10. I feel like I have made progress toward being successful in my life.

1 2 3 4 5

never or
seldoma few timesalways
11. I have found very few hobbies or activities in my life that capture my interest or motivate me to put effort into them.

1 2 3 4 5

certainly
falsecertainly
true

demographic statistics

no, thanks